Mr. Speaker, Food Banks Canada reports 2.2 million visits in a single month, double what it was just six years ago. Its CEO says that poverty and hunger have become “the new normal in Canada” and that working Canadians, from construction crews to office staff, “are needing to stop at the food bank on their way home from work”. In rural Canada, where food and fuel already cost more and jobs are often seasonal, families are being hit hardest.
When will the Prime Minister admit that his inflationary deficits are driving Canadians to food banks instead of grocery stores, and change course?